Episode Summary

Slade sends a team of robotic commandos to steal a high-tech chip. The Titans stop the robbery, but then a mysterious new bad guy called Red X tries to steal the same chip. With Robin following a Slade lead on the other side of town, the four other Titans are left to fight Red X. It will be tough, for this mysterious masked villain seems to know just how to disable each of them.

Robin's Story Arc just keeps getting more interesting

PLOT: To attempt to find out what Slade has in store for the Titans, Robin creates a fake identity (Red X) to try to gain his trust. But by doing that, he has to go against his team's trust.

An episode that really dives into Robin's mindset. You can tell how torn up he is mentally about Slade, desperately searching for answers throughout the episode. I like how it sets up the relationship between Robin and Starfire, having her confront him about Slade at the beginning of the episode, have her realize who Red X was, and confront him near the end. I agree with the other reviewers... Is Robin really that vital to the them that when he's gone, the entire suffers from it? It's seems a bit overdone. Plus, wasn't it really obvious that Robin was Red X the whole time? I dunno. I predicted it as soon as I saw him. This seems to be foreshadowing what will happen in the season finale, Apprentice (1 and 2). Overall, great episode with a few minor problems.moreless

Brilliant episode!

This episode was terrific, in my opinion. And I'm not just talking about all the action.

Firstly, Robin is a genius. Even if his plan did not succeed in the end, to pull a move like that requires great cunning and resourcefulness. Yeah, there was the part about not telling the others, but sometimes, you just have to bend the rules to outwit someone like Slade. Another thing I agree with this episode is the fact that Robin singlehandedly beat all the other titans. It's quite obvious when you come to think of it. He's not their leader for nothing. When you put someone in charge, you don't put that person just because someone has to be in charge. This is just another reason why he's calling the shots. And besides, he knows them very well. How they react in a fight, their moves, their strategies, the way they think. If someone else were to engage the titans without knowing them like that, without seeing them at practice and all, they would not do as well. The last thing I like about this episode is the similarity between Robin and Slade. It is said that great minds think alike. But does that mean that these two characters are alike as well? Does that mean that Robin has a little bit of evil inside of him? Sure, everyone has both good and evil inside and it's our choices that define us. But Slade's comments come to mind. Robin bended a whole lot of rules to try and trap Slade. Could this be some kind of first step to a darker Robin? (I don't know because I just finished this episode; can't wait to see the next) All in all, great writting, great story and a lot of action. Keep them coming!!!moreless

The Teen Titans are searching for answers about Slade and there is a new villain on the lose. But this villain has a secret.

This episode starts when one of Slade's commandos tries to steal a chip and the Titans stop them in time. They fight for a while and Slade's commandos gets the chip. The Titans go after them and they all spilt up. Starfire catches him and gets shot by one of them. Robin catches up and saves Starfire and catches the commando. They go home and decide to watch some movies and Starfire notices that Robin isn't there and she goes to see what he was doing. Meanwhile, Red X, a new villain was stealing a chip and suddenly disappears after he got it. Then, the Titans catch up with Red X and they get into a battle. Red X takes all of the four Titans down and suddenly disappears. The head back to the Tower and they recover after the battle with Red X. Later that night, the four Titans wake up after a robbery from Red X. They four Titans catch up to him and he then leaves. Red X contacted Slade saying he got the chips and he offered a partnership. Then, the computer turns off and Red X happens to be Robin! Meanwhile, they head back to the Tower and find out where Red X will be attacking. Then, Robin comes and leaves and Starfire goes to his room and discovers that Robin was Red X. Then, Red X and Slade meet up and Slade finds out that Red X is Robin and ambushs him, leaving with the chips. The Titans come and Raven takes control of a robot and throws him while Cyborg catches Red X. Red X starts saying "Stop him!". Starfire comes and says release him. Red X takes off his mask revealing Robin. Robin runs for Slade and they fight. Robin wins and takes Slade's mask off only seeing a message from the real Slade. The Titans head home and Starfire and Robin talk about Slade and Red X. Starfire leaves leaving Robin wondering who Slade is.moreless

Decent episode, but yeah, Robin's able to take down the other Titans just like that?

I agree with many of the other reviewers. Robin was able to defeat all the other Titans, really? Okay, he did it in The Apprentice Part 2 as well, but that's because they held back because they knew it was Robin, here they didn't know, and thus should've been able to take him down, but no, he manhadles them. Lame stuff. But let's look past this, the episode is a decent one, the action is stellar and the tone more serious than usual. Slade is a terrific villain, Ron Perlman is the man, without his voice Slade would've been significantly uncooler. Red X is also a cool persona, and I love the suit and weapons. Robin is quite a jerk in the episode, holding out on his friends, I'm glad Starfire said what she did in the end, this is not one of Robin's proudest moments. But he doesn't mean to, he's just obsessive about Slade, the man needs to calm down.This is a decent episode, I hated that Robin was able to defeat all the Titans without breaking a sweat though.moreless

Four titans together can't beat Robin...?

I don't get that. I mean the episode was relaly good itself plot wise. Seeing Slade and watching as Robin drives himself and his friends made like crazy ( practicaly being a workaholic as some sort ). Sigh. But, how the he11 could Robin beat all four of the other titans one on four? First of all, Raven is the only one who could acclomplish that, not that I am biasing her it's the fact with her supernatural powers where she truly has no limit, she could take all of them out ( which is proven in a later episode ). Robin... he's not all that frickin great. So, that's the only thing that I really didn't like about this episode. It practically drove me mad for awhile lol.moreless

When Starfire accidentally activates the hologram, it repeats Robin's words, then pauses long enough to let Starfire put ther hand through, then he says it again in regular intervals. Twice would be reasonable if they didn't go, but over and over again would be obvious.

Why couldn't Raven just pull the X cover on her face off with telekinesis? She doesn't always need to speak to activate her magic. In fact, she could have just THOUGHT the words in her mind instead of holding it in. Why didn't she do that?

When the Titans find out Red X is Robin, and Cyborg grabs his cape of the Red X costume, Robin tells him to let go so he can catch Slade. When Robin gets to Slade, he was in his regular 'Robin' clothes instead of the Red X costume.

QUOTES (18)

Slade: Robin, I thought we had a deal.Robin: Sorry... I have a strict rule against giving stolen technology to psychos.Slade: How very noble of you... But stealing in order to trap me... that wasn't so noble.

Cyborg: I've adjusted my ocular implant to scan at multipule sub-harmonics in the Eumspectrome.Beast Boy: (Confused) Okay... do you come with subtitles?Cyborg: My eye should spot him even if he's invisible.

Robin: I had no idea Red X would pose such a threat, I shoud've been there.Beast Boy: You bet you should've been there, look what he did to my doo! I'm looking at two months of bad hair days!Raven: (Big X across her mouth) MM mmmm mmm MMMMM!Beast Boy: I don't know, Raven, that's kind of a good look for you.Cyborg: (Getting ready to take off the X) Hold still.(Beast Boy & Starfire both shriek loudly)Raven: (Holds in pain) Oww. Even if you had been there, it wouldn't have made any difference.Cyborg: The dude knew how to bring each of us down, I guarantee he had a gadget with your name on it.Starfire: Agreed. You need not feel guilt. We are undamaged.Beast Boy: (Pointing to his hair) HELLO?!Starfire: Mostly undamaged. And we are all eager to learn what you have dicovered about Slade.

Robin: You wanna yell at me, too? Everyone else has, and I can't blame them...Starfire: I do not wish to yell, merely to understand... Robin, why did you not tell us the truth?Robin: I needed to fool Slade. If you guys knew it was me under that mask, you guys would have held back. Doesn't matter anyway, Slade figured it out, and I haven't figured anything out about him.Starfire: That is not true, whoever Slade is, you two... are similar. He did not trust you, and you did not trust us. (Leaves)

Starfire: Robin? I am wondering if you might wish to -Robin: No! Thanks, but I need to figure out why Slade wanted that chip.Starfire: Agreed, and perhaps if you were to take a break, the answer would be easier to -Robin: I can't! You almost got hurt, next time it could be worse. He's planning something, I have to find out what.Starfire: But, Robin, I am sure that -(Robin slams the door in her face)

Look Hard: When you see Slade on the screen the first time, after Robin took down the Sladebot, Slade's eye is gray with a darker gray/black inside with white on the outside. But later, it is just a black dot like usual.

ALLUSIONS (3)

Beast Boy: All work and no movies makes me a dull Beast Boy.Beast Boy says, "All work and no movies makes me a dull Beast Boy." It is like in the movie, The Shining. His story says, "All work and no play makes Johnny a dull boy."

Red X: X... Red XFirst off, the way it's said is a reference to the famous "Bond... James Bond." Second, Red X in and of itself is kinda an odd name... It's what you see when a picture doesn't load on the internet. It's some nice sybolism, even if it's hard to explain well...

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